School Custodian II - Kealakehe Elementary

Salary

School Custodian II, BC-02: $4,534.00 per month (based on full-time employment and includes shortage and school year differentials, if applicable).

Examples of Duties

• Sweeps and mops floors, hallways, stairways and classrooms;
• Wipes, dusts and polishes furniture and metal work;
• Cleans woodwork, walls, venetian blinds, electrical fixtures and windows and other places which are not easily accessible;
• Mops, cleans, disinfects and services lavatories and restrooms;
• Cleans water fountains and wash basins;
• Waters, rakes, weeds and spreads top soil on lawns;
• Mows areas not accessible to gang power mowers;
• Picks up rubbish, leaves and other refuse;
• Assists in trimming and pruning hedges, trees and shrubbery;
• Assists in planting and fertilizing shrubbery, grass and flowers;
• Assists in propagating and transplanting young plants and shoots;
• Moves and transports heavy objects such as office and classroom furniture, benches, platforms and refuse disposal barrels;
• Loads, unloads and distributes school and janitorial supplies and equipment;
• Replaces toilet floats, faucets, fluorescent and standard light bulbs and fuses;
• Makes simple repairs to doors, windows, jalousies, stairways, venetian blinds, chairs, sprinkler systems and other school facilities and equipment;
• Operates heavy-duty industrial cleaning equipment such as vacuum cleaners, scrubbing machines and floor polishers;
• Removes spots and stains from carpets and may operate a shampoo machine to clean carpets;
• May be in charge of janitorial supplies and equipment for the school and assist in taking inventories of such supplies and equipment.

Minimum Qualifications

No experience is required; however, applicants may describe in their application any training and/or work experiences that they possess in one or a combination of the following areas:

• Janitorial or related custodial work such as sweeping, dusting and cleaning of buildings;
• Grounds maintenance work experience including such activities as cleaning, watering, fertilizing, trimming, mowing, sweeping and raking;
• General laboring experience such as moving materials, furniture and equipment; loading and unloading trucks; carrying, unloading and stacking tools and supplies for skilled craftsman; and digging trenches and ditches.

Benefits

• 13 paid holidays each year (14 during an election year)
• 21 days of vacation per year (Bargaining Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 13)
• 21 days of sick leave per year (Bargaining Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 13); accumulated unused credits may be used toward computing retirement benefits
• Health Insurance: State-paid portion of premiums for Medical, Drug, Vision, and Adult Dental Plan
• Group Life Insurance: Free policy for employees and retirees
• Premium Conversion Plan: Pre-tax health care premium deductions
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Island Flex): Pre-tax set-aside for health care and dependent care expenses
• Retirement Plan: State contributes; generally eligible with 10 years credited service and age 62, or 30 years credited service and age 55
• Tax Shelter Annuity (TSA): Pre-tax contributions to authorized providers
• Deferred Compensation: Tax-deferred retirement investment program with voluntary payroll deductions
• Temporary Disability Insurance: Benefits for non-work related injury or illness
• Social Security: State contributes to employee's account
• Workers' Compensation: Benefits for job-related injuries
• Union & Collective Bargaining: Right to join union; non-members required to pay service fees unless excluded